An analysis of seat capacity for travel to the top ten international airports in Africa, produced by ForwardKeys, reveals that Lagos is seeing substantial declines in both domestic and international capacity. The trend is mainly attributable to Arik Air, with the domestic carrier cutting 53 per cent of its seats for the rest of 2017.

Nigerian hotels are the most valuable hotels on the African mainland, according to the African Hotel Report 2017. Despite the economic problems experienced by the market in recent years that have seen values fall by 16.4 per cent in the last two years, average values are the third highest in all of Africa, behind only the Seychelles and Mauritius, according to David Harper of Hotels Partners Africa, the report’s author.

David Harper, head of property services for Hotel Partners Africa, has announced that the African Hotel Report 2017 will be launched at AHIF. This biennial publication is a comprehensive report regarding the hotel market in Africa, covering 44 countries.

World Travel Awards has touched down in Rwanda ahead of its Africa Gala Ceremony 2017. The prestigious event will take place in the country’s thriving capital, Kigali, on October 10th, with hundreds of leaders from across the hospitality industry expected to attend the glittering red-carpet ceremony.

Rwandan president Paul Kagame has officially opened the 41st Annual World Tourism Conference in Kigali. Curated by the Corporate Council on Africa, Africa Travel Association and Rwanda Development Board, the event is designed to set the tone for how tourism can be utilised as an engine for economic growth in Africa.

The significant economic benefits to host countries of the influential Africa Hotel Investment Forum have been quantified in an independent assessment by the international audit, tax and advisory experts, Grant Thornton.